1991–92 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1991–92 season
Chairman	David Murray
Manager	Walter Smith
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish Premier Division	1st; P44 W33 D6 L5 F101 A31 Pts72
Scottish Cup	Winners
League Cup	Semi-finals
European Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ally McCoist (34); All: ; Ally McCoist (39)
	← 1990–91 1992–93 →

The 1991–92 season was the 112th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 55 competitive matches during the 1991–92 season. The team finished first in the Scottish Premier Division and collected the fourth of their nine league titles after winning 33 of their 44 league games.

Rangers won the league by 9 points, the title being won at Ibrox against St.Mirren with a 4–0 victory in April.

Transfer activity was heavily influenced by restrictions imposed by UEFA in European competitions. Match squads could only include a maximum of three foreign nationals, and as a result English players at Ibrox were considered "foreigners". The most significant move was the sale of England international goalkeeper Chris Woods to Sheffield Wednesday. He was replaced by Scotland international goalkeeper Andy Goram from Hibernian.

In the cup competitions, they were knocked out of the Scottish League Cup at the semi-final stage, losing 1–0 to Hibernian. Rangers won the Scottish Cup for the first time since 1981, defeating Airdrieonians 2–1 after a 1–0 win over Celtic in the semi-finals.

In Europe they were knocked out the European Cup in the first round by Czech side Sparta Prague. They lost on away goals rule after tying the match 2–2 on aggregate.

Ally McCoist was awarded his first European Golden Boot for finishing as the top goal scorer across all European leagues with 34 goals. The McCoist/Hateley strike partnership yielded an impressive 62 goals during the season.

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
27 June 1991	Andy Goram	Hibernian	£1m^[1]
1991	David McKellar	Kilmarnock	Free
2 July 1991	David Robertson	Aberdeen	£0.97m
5 July 1991	Alexei Mikhailichenko	Sampdoria	£2m^[2]
15 August 1991	Stuart McCall	Everton	£1.2m
8 November 1991	Dale Gordon	Norwich City	£1.2m
10 January 1992	Paul Rideout	Notts County	£0.5m
12 April 1992	Ally Maxwell	Motherwell	£0.3m

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
1 August 1991	Tom Cowan	Sheffield United	£0.35m
12 August 1991	Stuart Munro	Blackburn Rovers	£0.35m
13 August 1991	Mark Walters	Liverpool	£1.25m
15 August 1991	Chris Woods	Sheffield Wednesday	£1.2m
16 August 1991	Trevor Steven	Marseille	£5.58m^[3]
20 November 1991	Mo Johnston	Everton	£1.55m^[4]

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 August 1991	St Johnstone	H	6–0	35,109	Hateley (3), Johnston (2, 1 (pen.)), Ferguson
13 August 1991	Motherwell	H	2–0	35,323	Steven, Maaskant (o.g.)
17 August 1991	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1	22,534
24 August 1991	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4–0	35,559	Huistra, Johnston, Spencer, McCoist
31 August 1991	Celtic	A	2–0	51,382	Hateley (2)
7 September 1991	Falkirk	A	2–0	13,088	Nisbet, Huistra
14 September 1991	Dundee United	H	1–1	36,347	McCoist
21 September 1991	St Mirren	A	2–1	14,503	Huistra, Nisbet
28 September 1991	Aberdeen	H	0–2	36,330
5 October 1991	Airdrieonians	A	4–0	11,101	McCoist (2), Nisbet, Johnston
8 October 1991	Hibernian	H	4–2	35,368	McCoist (2), Huistra, Tortolano (o.g.)
12 October 1991	St Johnstone	A	3–2	10,323	McCoist (2), Nisbet
19 October 1991	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–0	36,481	McCoist, Mikhailichenko
26 October 1991	Falkirk	H	1–1	36,441	Johnston
29 October 1991	Dundee United	A	2–3	15,041	McCoist (2)
2 November 1991	Celtic	H	1–1	37,387	McCoist
9 November 1991	Dunfermline Athletic	A	5–0	13,351	Gordon (2), Gough, Hateley, McCoist
16 November 1991	Airdrieonians	H	4–0	36,934	Hateley (2), Robertson, McCoist
19 November 1991	Hibernian	A	3–0	16,833	McCoist (2), Hateley
23 November 1991	St Mirren	H	0–1	36,272
30 November 1991	Motherwell	A	2–0	15,350	Gordon, Gough
4 December 1991	Aberdeen	A	3–2	20,081	Hateley (2), McCoist
7 December 1991	St Johnstone	H	3–1	35,784	Mikhailichenko, Brown, Hateley
14 December 1991	Falkirk	A	3–1	11,801	McCoist, Hateley, McCall
21 December 1991	Dundee United	H	2–0	41,448	McCoist (2)
28 December 1991	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–1	41,328	Stevens, Gordon
1 January 1992	Celtic	A	3–1	51,789	McCoist, Hateley (pen.), Brown
4 January 1992	Airdrieonians	A	0–0	12,276
11 January 1992	Hibernian	H	2–0	40,616	Gordon, McCoist
18 January 1992	Motherwell	H	2–0	38,217	McCoist, Mikhailichenko
1 February 1992	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–0	24,356	McCoist
8 February 1992	St Mirren	A	2–1	16,638	McCoist, Mikhailichenko
25 February 1992	Aberdeen	H	0–0	38,513
29 February 1992	Airdrieonians	H	5–0	40,568	Hateley (3, 2 (pen.)), Brown, Rideout
10 March 1992	Hibernian	A	3–1	13,387	Hateley (2, 1 (pen.)), McCoist
14 March 1992	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–1	12,274	Mikhailichenko (2), Nisbet
21 March 1992	Celtic	H	0–2	42,160
28 March 1992	St Johnstone	A	2–1	9,697	Hateley (2)
7 April 1992	Falkirk	H	4–1	36,832	McCoist (3), Mikhailichenko
11 April 1992	Dundee United	A	2–1	11,713	Mikhailichenko, Brown
18 April 1992	St Mirren	H	4–0	40,362	McCoist (2), Stevens, Huistra
23 April 1992	Motherwell	A	2–1	12,515	Mikhailichenko (2)
28 April 1992	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	36,129	McCoist
2 May 1992	Aberdeen	A	2–0	16,580	McCoist (2)

European Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 September 1991	R1	Sparta Prague	A	0–1	11,053
2 October 1991	R1	Sparta Prague	H	2–1	34,260	McCall (2)

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
22 January 1992	R3	Aberdeen	A	1–0	23,000	McCoist
15 February 1992	R4	Motherwell	H	2–1	38,444	Mikhailichenko (2)
3 March 1992	QF	St Johnstone	A	3–0	10,107	McCoist, Gough, Hateley
31 March 1992	SF	Celtic	N	1–0	45,191	McCoist
9 May 1992	F	Airdrieonians	N	2–1	44,045	McCoist, Hateley

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1991	R2	Queen's Park	H	6–0	32,230	Johnston (4), Durrant, Spackman
28 August 1991	R3	Partick Thistle	A	2–0	12,587	Johnston, D.Robertson
4 September 1991	QF	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–0	22,878	McCoist
25 September 1991	SF	Hibernian	N	0–1	40,901

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Andy Goram	GK	55	0
Gary Stevens	DF	54	2
David Robertson	DF	53	2
Richard Gough	DF	42	3
Nigel Spackman	MF	53	1
Scott Nisbet	DF	26	5
Trevor Steven	MF	2	1
Ian Ferguson	MF	22	1
Mark Hateley	FW	35	23
Mo Johnston	FW	16	10
Pieter Huistra	MF	40	5
Sandy Robertson	MF	7	0
John Spencer	FW	11	1
Stuart McCall	MF	45	3
Ian Durrant	MF	20	1
Ally McCoist	FW	49	39
Alexei Mikhailichenko	FW	31	12
Oleg Kuznetsov	DF	19	0
John Brown	DF	33	4
Chris Vinnicombe	DF	2	0
Gary McSwegan	FW	5	0
John McGregor	DF	1	0
John Morrow	FW	3	0
Dale Gordon	MF	28	5
Paul Rideout	FW	13	1
Steven Pressley	DF	1	0
Lee Robertson	MF	1	0

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	44	33	6	5	101	31	+70	72	Qualification for the Champions League first round
2	Hearts	44	27	9	8	60	37	+23	63	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Celtic	44	26	10	8	88	42	+46	62	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Dundee United	44	19	13	12	66	50	+16	51
5	Hibernian	44	16	17	11	53	45	+8	49	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

References

^ "Rangers sign Goram for £1m". The Herald. 15 June 1991.
^ On this day in 1991
^ "Trevor Steven goes for £5m". The Herald. 16 August 1991.
^ "Business as usual for Rangers as Johnston signs on at Goodison". The Herald. 19 November 1991.

[1] "Rangers sign Goram for £1m". The Herald. 15 June 1991.

[2] On this day in 1991

[3] "Trevor Steven goes for £5m". The Herald. 16 August 1991.

[4] "Business as usual for Rangers as Johnston signs on at Goodison". The Herald. 19 November 1991.

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